Bill Rausch was the No. 4 scorer in Slippery Rock University men’s basketball history at the time of his induction into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
Rausch, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from SRU in 1983, scored 1,507 points during his four-year Rock career (1979-83). He ranks third in career field goals made with 589 and is fourth in career field goal attempts with 1137. He also ranks fourth in both career free throws made (329) and attempted (420) and is sixth in career free throw percentage (78.3%). His 17.3 points per game career scoring average currently ranks sixth among Rock men's players, while his 51.8% career efficiency on field goal attempts is the seventh best mark in SRU history.
Rausch's 25.2 points per game scoring average as a senior in 1982-83 is the second highest ever recorded by a Rock men's player, while his 630 points scored that season is the third highest. He ranks third in single-season free throws made (156), fifth in single-season free throws attempted (191) and eighth in single-season free throw percentage (81.6%).
At the conclusion of his Rock playing career, Rausch was the No. 2 scorer in Rock men’s basketball history and was afforded third-team National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette district small-college “Player of the Year” honors.
A unanimous selection by Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division coaches as a first-team All-PSAC-West player, Rausch was also named to the Pittsburgh Press’ all-district team.
Behind Rausch’s lead, The Rock earned berths in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs in both 1982 and 1983.
Rausch is currently project manager for Curbmasters Concrete and the proud father of two teenage boys.
